Anti-Blackness in Language Education

What is Ebonics?

• An African language

• Improper English

• African American language

• An African accent

Where/ when did AAVE develop?

• Post-slavery Liberia

• Slavery-era USA

• 1960s Southern USA

• Pre-slavery Africa

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, who is the most educated group of people in the United States?

• Black women

• White men

• Asian men

• White women

Why do African American and Latinx children face challenges in achieving bilingualism?

• Cultural Bias

• Social Hierarchy

• Language Policies

• All of the above

What is NOT a good way to mitigate a TWI program?

• Effective planning

• Communication

• Collaboration

• Using standard English only

Communicating in White Mainstream English always prevents linguistic racism.

• True

• False

The idea of a standardized language is hypothetical and socially constructed.

• True

• False

Students who have the competency to speak standard English choose to speak the language of their local environment.

• True

• False

AAVE (African American Vernacular English), Ebonics, and Black English are all different languages.

• True

• False

Educator's constantly "correcting" students to use Standard English results in students silencing.

• True

• False